Liberals accused of King Island school 'scare campaign'

LETTERS from the Liberals to King Island residents warning Labor will close their high school are a ''deceitful’’ scare campaign, deputy premier Bryan Green has said.

LETTERS from the Liberals to King Island residents warning Labor will close their public school are part of a a "deceitful'' scare campaign, deputy premier Bryan Green has said.

Bryan Green called the letters signed by opposition
education spokesperson Michael Ferguson ``disingenuous’’ for making the claim.

``It is blatant, grubby, dirty and disgusting politics,’’ he
said.

Mr Ferguson's letter says the Labor party accepted a recommendation in the School Viability Reference Group report released January 2012 that every Tasmanian school must meet a minimum enrolment number to remain open, and the King Island District High School does not meet that figure.

It is not Labor policy to force schools to close.

Mr Ferguson said Labor still had a policy of forcing schools
to close.